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"We must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it, but sail we must and not drift nor lie at anchor." -
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Top 5 quotes from Oliver Wendell Holmes
"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions."
"Old age is fifteen years older than I am."
"The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power."
"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions."
"Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out."
Top 5 quotes from Motivation & Goals
"Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in."
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."
"Do, or do not. There is no 'try.'"
"The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them."
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